Very large ormolu wall clock decorated with a fire-pot, ribb - Lot 397

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Very large ormolu wall clock decorated with a fire-pot, ribb - Lot 397
Very large ormolu wall clock decorated with a fire-pot, ribbons, female mascaron and garlands. Enamel dial and movement signed Lomet in Paris. Wire suspension. Louis XVI period, circa 1770. H. 86 cm - W. 45 cm JB-HL Missing balance wheel Charles Lomet, received in 1743, installed quai Pelletier from 1772 to 1787. Model of Pierre Antoine Foullet (1710 - 1780) reproduced under the n° 36 of the " Livre de dessins de pendules ", published around 1765, preserved in the Doucet library in Paris, (VI E 15, reserve fol 36) indicating a height of 32 inches (86,4 cm). Probably cast by the bronzer Robert Osmond. An identical cartel, signed Osmond, is preserved in the Nissim de Camondo Museum. (Inv 13), another one in the Elysée Palace. Comparative bibliography : Pierre Verlet " Les bronzes dorés français du XVIII " Paris, Picard, 1987, page 219. Provenance : Pierrette Cordier collection, then not descent.
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